<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Grantham-McGregor, S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cheung, Y. B.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cueto, S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Glewwe, P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Richter, L.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Strupp, B.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Developmental potential in the first 5 years for children in developing countries</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lancet</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lancet (London, England)</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Child Development</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Developing Countries</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Poverty</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adolescent</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Child</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Child, Preschool</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cognition/*classification</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cross-Sectional Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Developmental Disabilities/epidemiology/*etiology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Educational Status</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Growth Disorders/*complications</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Infant</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Longitudinal Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Risk Factors</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jan 6</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9555</style></number><edition><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007/01/09</style></edition><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">369</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">60-70</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0140-6736</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Many children younger than 5 years in developing countries are exposed to multiple risks, including poverty, malnutrition, poor health, and unstimulating home environments, which detrimentally affect their cognitive, motor, and social-emotional development. There are few national statistics on the development of young children in developing countries. We therefore identified two factors with available worldwide data--the prevalence of early childhood stunting and the number of people living in absolute poverty--to use as indicators of poor development. We show that both indicators are closely associated with poor cognitive and educational performance in children and use them to estimate that over 200 million children under 5 years are not fulfilling their developmental potential. Most of these children live in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. These disadvantaged children are likely to do poorly in school and subsequently have low incomes, high fertility, and provide poor care for their children, thus contributing to the intergenerational transmission of poverty.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17208643</style></accession-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1474-547x&lt;br/&gt;Grantham-McGregor, Sally&lt;br/&gt;Cheung, Yin Bun&lt;br/&gt;Cueto, Santiago&lt;br/&gt;Glewwe, Paul&lt;br/&gt;Richter, Linda&lt;br/&gt;Strupp, Barbara&lt;br/&gt;International Child Development Steering Group&lt;br/&gt;068599/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom&lt;br/&gt;G0700837/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom&lt;br/&gt;Journal Article&lt;br/&gt;England&lt;br/&gt;Lancet. 2007 Jan 6;369(9555):60-70. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60032-4.</style></notes><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PMC2270351</style></custom2><custom6><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">UKMS459</style></custom6><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK. s.mcgregor@ich.ucl.ac.uk</style></auth-address><remote-database-provider><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NLM</style></remote-database-provider></record></records></xml>